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Thursday, January 24, 2008

In Florida, Rudy Giuliani is Mr. Nice Guy

HEIDI EVANS and DAVID SALTONSTALL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Thursday, January 24th 2008

NAPLES, Fla. - Rudy Giuliani isn't pulling the plug on his flagging presidential campaign, but he is pulling his punches - a strategy that may help ensure he has a life to go back to if he has to bow out of the race.

With six days left before Florida's primary - and a new poll Wednesday showing Giuliani sinking into a distant third place here - the tough-talking ex-mayor would seem to have good reason to mount a no-holds-barred offensive to tear down his opponents.

But as Giuliani stumps across the state on which he pins his White House hopes, he is barely mentioning his rivals by name, and then only when goaded by reporters. And rather than attacking, he has limited himself to making gentle distinctions. ... ( more )

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